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for somebody like majority leader harry reid -- harry reid, it was the volume of legislation. he thought the chamber was too backed up by the number of bills. under the current system, it could take an entire week to get legislation through, even if it had a near majority support, because of all the different rules involving 30 hours a post- cloture time, and intervening day, another cloture vote, and a cloture vote before it goes to committee. the next thing you know, an entire week of the senate floor time has been chewed up. there are only two years. they take a summer stock. they take plenty of time off. that meant there was a strike -- strict limitation on the amount of legislation that could get through. that has led to judicial vacancies that are at crisis levels. executive vacancies that are at crisis levels. a ton of legislation that i wanted to get to, but they ran out of time. it focused on the volume, rather than the quality. there'll be a 60-vote threshold, but it will move quicker picker -- cooker. -- quicker. host: i want to share with you another headline from
for somebody like majority leader harry reid -- harry reid, it was the volume of legislation. he thought the chamber was too backed up by the number of bills. under the current system, it could take an entire week to get legislation through, even if it had a near majority support, because of all the different rules involving 30 hours a post- cloture time, and intervening day, another cloture vote, and a cloture vote before it goes to committee. the next thing you know, an entire week of the...
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reid is in control of the senate and it is pretty hard to for senator harry reid to pass a bill that andunds --defund obamacare have president obama sign it. i think there are better strategies. certainly it is incumbent on republicans to show the american people what our ideas are for health care reform, but what we need to be doing is start painting the picture of what obamacare is really going to look like once it is fully implemented. i think what we are seeing right now is it is not going to be a very pretty picture. i think the best chance we have for preventing obamacare from taking firm or permanent root -- ithow i like to talk about -- is, as this thing does get rolled out, i think americans are going to be not particularly happy with the results. we are already seeing it. president obama's big supporters and the unions are demanding this is change because they recognize it threatens the 40 hour work week and certainly not producing job growth and creation. so, across-the-board, the obamacare -- it will be a disaster for the health-care system, and let's face this -- and let
reid is in control of the senate and it is pretty hard to for senator harry reid to pass a bill that andunds --defund obamacare have president obama sign it. i think there are better strategies. certainly it is incumbent on republicans to show the american people what our ideas are for health care reform, but what we need to be doing is start painting the picture of what obamacare is really going to look like once it is fully implemented. i think what we are seeing right now is it is not going...
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but as go through committees, something we have gotten away from in recent years in harry reid's senate. calling in from manchester. caller: i would like to know if it is considered whether the chinese are the ones are missing north korea, that we are underestimating their nuclear capabilities and they are actually the ones that are supplying them and they actually are a stronger are meant -- meant that we could some credit for it but we give them credit for. guest: i know that in many ways, particularly with non-nuclear weapons, north korea is a climate state of china. i do not have the intelligence information to be a comment on that. on in say this, further the wall street journal opinion , it saystoday's paper that the director of national intelligence issued a statement telling people not to worry. this is a statement of the national intelligence director of the obama administration. it would be inaccurate to suggest that north korea has a fully developed and tested nuclear weapon. in any case he added the statement in an intelligence community assessment. the piece is worth waitin
but as go through committees, something we have gotten away from in recent years in harry reid's senate. calling in from manchester. caller: i would like to know if it is considered whether the chinese are the ones are missing north korea, that we are underestimating their nuclear capabilities and they are actually the ones that are supplying them and they actually are a stronger are meant -- meant that we could some credit for it but we give them credit for. guest: i know that in many ways,...
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i will be going to las vegas i will be there with harry reid, the majority leader. going to pass the baton on from the senate to me in the house of representatives in a symbolic ceremony in las vegas. monday night, i will be back home. we will be in our district working. because of the communication level today, i actually know how to use a computer command we can communicate and get the build on. host: "politico" is reporting that the key day in the immigration the house, that's when republicans will get together behind closed doors and talk about the way forward. when i talk about -- one up at your bill for it before so that they can debated? guest: i would love to. maybe we can. , the house oft representatives about the coming near any minute. they're taking up offshore drilling in town today, and annually for the fourth of july recess. when you think immigration can possibly get through the house? probably not likely to fall or winter. long: i do not know how it will take, i know there is an .rgency from my perspective, the american public has to understand, the
i will be going to las vegas i will be there with harry reid, the majority leader. going to pass the baton on from the senate to me in the house of representatives in a symbolic ceremony in las vegas. monday night, i will be back home. we will be in our district working. because of the communication level today, i actually know how to use a computer command we can communicate and get the build on. host: "politico" is reporting that the key day in the immigration the house, that's when...
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harry reid in eight years has had something like 400 filibusters. the dramatic upswing in the number of filibusters of both on nominations and legislation has just exploded in the last few years. to a lotled, i think, of dysfunction and a lot of the anger and frustration that you see today among the american people. host: how do you change that? i wouldirst of all, like to see us go back to the old way of addressing filibusters, where you didn't dual and triple track. that is, set the nomination aside and pick up something else. i would require everyone who filibusters hold the floor for whatever length of time it took to get cloture. that is the way we did it in the past. i think i had a very consequential effect on limiting the number of filibusters as we went forward. i would also eliminate the practice of what we commonly memberght hold where any of congress will say i will filibuster if you bring this bill or nomination on the floor. to be aas turned out one-person veto. government cannot work with one person vetoes in the country today. you ca
harry reid in eight years has had something like 400 filibusters. the dramatic upswing in the number of filibusters of both on nominations and legislation has just exploded in the last few years. to a lotled, i think, of dysfunction and a lot of the anger and frustration that you see today among the american people. host: how do you change that? i wouldirst of all, like to see us go back to the old way of addressing filibusters, where you didn't dual and triple track. that is, set the...
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when the senate returns senator majority leader harry reid says they will take up gun legislation and says majority ader harry reid says senator feinstein's proposal will be excluded but will get a separate vote as an amendment. that the juncture, tactics matter. also -- i know this "washington post" this morning calling on the senate to approve a restriction on high-capacity ammunition magazines when they take up gun legislation when they return after this spring recess on april 8. john in annapolis, democratic caller. hi john. caller: thanks a lot for c-span. i'm really glad to see that some of these republican call errs are evolving and republican politicians are evolving along gay marriage and , you know, it's always encouraging to hear, people that previously said they don't believe in evolution to hear that they are actually evolving. that's pretty encouraging. they want to convince the government to stay off of our backs, i think first they should stop asking the government for money and maybe stay out of our bedrooms. that would be like a good start. i don't know. it just seem
when the senate returns senator majority leader harry reid says they will take up gun legislation and says majority ader harry reid says senator feinstein's proposal will be excluded but will get a separate vote as an amendment. that the juncture, tactics matter. also -- i know this "washington post" this morning calling on the senate to approve a restriction on high-capacity ammunition magazines when they take up gun legislation when they return after this spring recess on april 8....
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is not going to abandon his signature piece of legislation and harry reid will not let that occur. improve the law to get at the things the senator is talking about? if the president has already delayed the employer mandate and if you look at this mess with the enrollment, it's a reasonable argument, i think, to say maybe we should delay the rollout and there is no business i'm aware of that would have gone into the field with a computer program that they had not tested from start to finish. not take advantage of the difficulties to advance your position rather than staking out a position that is unattainable? that would be a loser. from newnext is alice jersey, democrats line. caller: thank you. please don't hang up on may. me. when you first came on i thought you were a moderate. in the time i've listened to you, you are no better than mr. cruz who is a christian dominion us. to say nothing like this has ever happened in our government there and for you to say president dug his heels in -- what did you want him to do? they wanted to overturn has election. unsign hisim to legislat
is not going to abandon his signature piece of legislation and harry reid will not let that occur. improve the law to get at the things the senator is talking about? if the president has already delayed the employer mandate and if you look at this mess with the enrollment, it's a reasonable argument, i think, to say maybe we should delay the rollout and there is no business i'm aware of that would have gone into the field with a computer program that they had not tested from start to finish....
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harry reid saying he will bring it to the floor. he held a news conference yesterday after meeting with his caucus. here is what he had to say. [video clip] am finding cloture on the bill as reported out of judiciary committee. background checks, trafficking, school safety. i am going forward on that. if there are compromises made, i had mark package and others come to me -- they did something on mental health. and they have been working on this for a long time, background checks. blumenthal has a very forward leaning proposal that he worked with senator lau bloomberg on the size and capacity of clips and magazines. all kinds of things that can be done with amendments to the bill. but as i said yesterday, if people think the law now in the country is too weak, this bill will strengthen it. if people think it is too strong, they can offer amendments to weaken it. but we are moving forward on this bill. the american people deserve a vote on this legislation. host: harry reid yesterday talking after meeting with his caucus, setting a v
harry reid saying he will bring it to the floor. he held a news conference yesterday after meeting with his caucus. here is what he had to say. [video clip] am finding cloture on the bill as reported out of judiciary committee. background checks, trafficking, school safety. i am going forward on that. if there are compromises made, i had mark package and others come to me -- they did something on mental health. and they have been working on this for a long time, background checks. blumenthal...
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i am just wondering why the politicians don't call out harry reid on that. were you able to understand that? guest: i think so. a lot of times politicians say things during election time, and when it comes time for a bill they change their tune completely. you have a number of senators who will take oath to their constituents that they will not support amnesty, and they create an immigration bill that by any objective standard it really is amnesty, not enforcing the law with respect to a group of people. that is really unfortunate. what we try to do is provide nonpartisan research and analysis on amnesty. we think it is unfair to lawful immigrants like our caller who have been waiting in line, who have done everything right. it is completely unfair for unlawful immigrants to come through the united states without going through the same process. we think it can make the problem -- the problem even worse. our study is very conservative on the numbers because we don't count any additional immigrants that may come in after this amnesty. we only look at this part
i am just wondering why the politicians don't call out harry reid on that. were you able to understand that? guest: i think so. a lot of times politicians say things during election time, and when it comes time for a bill they change their tune completely. you have a number of senators who will take oath to their constituents that they will not support amnesty, and they create an immigration bill that by any objective standard it really is amnesty, not enforcing the law with respect to a group...
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harry reid wants action on all of these people. if it doesn't happen, then he is going to, well, trigger the nuclear option -- at least that is what threat. at the meeting at the center for american progress where he urged the nuclear option. members of the senate, they are really skeptical harry reid will do this. he is an institutionalist. he has respect for the rules. he doesn't want to cause a partisan meltdown fairly early in the 100 13th congress. what the nuclear option is, changing the rules to a simple majority vote. he isle change that looking at is taking away republicans' ability to filibuster nominees. if he would trigger the nuclear option, with the simple majority vote, republicans could no longer -- or the minority in general -- could no longer filibuster nominees. or down he could get up votes and get them confirmed in fairly short order. but there are members of his caucus who do not support this plan. they said it would turn the senate into the house by eliminating the supermajority threshold on a very important
harry reid wants action on all of these people. if it doesn't happen, then he is going to, well, trigger the nuclear option -- at least that is what threat. at the meeting at the center for american progress where he urged the nuclear option. members of the senate, they are really skeptical harry reid will do this. he is an institutionalist. he has respect for the rules. he doesn't want to cause a partisan meltdown fairly early in the 100 13th congress. what the nuclear option is, changing the...
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host: senate majority leader harry reid said recently that the assault weapons ban as well as limits on magazine clips, those two pieces would not be part of any base bill, but they would get enough votes through an amendment process. do you suspect background checks as well as making gun trafficking a federal crime, but those who would get a vote through the amendment process? part ofo, they would be the base bill. haveeason -- we still reason to believe this is the case -- have enough support to through.nt -- get we believe there's language now there's language now regarding that. a centrist in the senate is set to be working on making sure that the language regarding the amenable to folks like himself. he's been working with a republican crossing the aisle and they're hoping to get tom coburn or susan collins or john mccain or jeff flake. if you put enough of those folks together, you have a bill. the problem is the capitol building is empty because they are continuing a recess. they are scattered across the country and around the world right now. it's difficult to determine who i
host: senate majority leader harry reid said recently that the assault weapons ban as well as limits on magazine clips, those two pieces would not be part of any base bill, but they would get enough votes through an amendment process. do you suspect background checks as well as making gun trafficking a federal crime, but those who would get a vote through the amendment process? part ofo, they would be the base bill. haveeason -- we still reason to believe this is the case -- have enough support...
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how will he deal with harry reid and the senate? according to politico, they have a very hostile relationship. regardless of what happens between boehner and obama or mccarthy and abide and, eventually, the house and senate are going to have to work together -- mccarthy and biden, eventually, the house and senate are going to have to work together. host: you are on the air. caller: i am kind of confused with speaker boehner and his republicans and this thing about immigration reform. i don't see a change. i don't see they are doing anything about immigration reform. shouldn't he help people to stay in this country and get them to where they can pay taxes and help this country? see himbecause i don't doing anything. . guest: i think there will not be a large-scale reform. we saw that collapsed in 2007. what you're seeing is republicans on capitol hill are talking about, at least in january, it is moving forward on people who are educated or foreign-born, who came here and got a ph.d., for example. they seem like they are willing
how will he deal with harry reid and the senate? according to politico, they have a very hostile relationship. regardless of what happens between boehner and obama or mccarthy and abide and, eventually, the house and senate are going to have to work together -- mccarthy and biden, eventually, the house and senate are going to have to work together. host: you are on the air. caller: i am kind of confused with speaker boehner and his republicans and this thing about immigration reform. i don't...
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all eyes on the senate and harry reid. that's the story this morning from roll call. with the senate judiciary committee now completing its work on a for your gun meters, the majority leader must now determine his strategy for how the chamber will move forward to in response to last year's school shooting. every week yesterday told reporters that he conferred with the chairman of the senate judiciary committee and he said "the and i will sit down to find out what has been reported out of the committee and what we need to do to put together as a base bill to start legislating on the senate floor." details available on roll call. callsl take your phone and you can share your thoughts on our facebook page and you can send us a tweet. bill is joining us from rhode island, independent line. good morning. are you with us? george in florida, republican, good morning. i don't think any campaign should be budgeted. the country, a good majority have already chosen to vote for a welfare check. the democrats and socialists have bought these people's votes. romney had to get past
all eyes on the senate and harry reid. that's the story this morning from roll call. with the senate judiciary committee now completing its work on a for your gun meters, the majority leader must now determine his strategy for how the chamber will move forward to in response to last year's school shooting. every week yesterday told reporters that he conferred with the chairman of the senate judiciary committee and he said "the and i will sit down to find out what has been reported out of...
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majority leader harry reid pledges he will come back after the bill fails. the story says that leader reid hit a pause in the gun bill penn state while senators see whether they can find a workable compromise on spending background checks on gun purchases. other news outlets looking at the gun bill that died in the senate yesterday. democrats give us a fight for now on gun bills if the headline in the washington times. we're talking to new this morning about the latest news regarding the boston marathon bombing. in next caller is william elizabcity, h , a democrat. caller: good morning. don't cut me off. no matter what kind of home training we give our children over here, it has no effect on those young men. they are from another country. they're not from mexico or haiti. but our focus is on the mexicans and blacks, who do us no harm. but these people are haters. and we have so much hatred over here. thinke -- where do you these men got their guns from? probably did not have a background check. even see eric schultz and more on msnbc any more. getting a call
majority leader harry reid pledges he will come back after the bill fails. the story says that leader reid hit a pause in the gun bill penn state while senators see whether they can find a workable compromise on spending background checks on gun purchases. other news outlets looking at the gun bill that died in the senate yesterday. democrats give us a fight for now on gun bills if the headline in the washington times. we're talking to new this morning about the latest news regarding the boston...
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harry reid and the democrats. they want to put blame on the tim -- put blame all the time, puts the blame on them. our deficit now is 1.5 trillion dollars. it's three times the amount. if we don't start cutting now and worrying about our country, we will not have a debate anymore, we will not have a country left. all these geniuses. let's start cutting fraud of all these illegals collecting all fair and food stamps in my state. let's start cutting that. there are many things we can cut. but nobody wants to do anything. we're going to go down with the ship. host: on twiter -- we already have read these. i apologize. if you would like to continue the conversation on sequestration, you can go to our facebook page. there is a lively conversation going on. that will continue throughout the day. a couple more articles before we get to some of our gas segments. obama chooses and environmentalists executive for the interior. there's a picture of president obama and sally jewell, nominated to be secretary of the interior.
harry reid and the democrats. they want to put blame on the tim -- put blame all the time, puts the blame on them. our deficit now is 1.5 trillion dollars. it's three times the amount. if we don't start cutting now and worrying about our country, we will not have a debate anymore, we will not have a country left. all these geniuses. let's start cutting fraud of all these illegals collecting all fair and food stamps in my state. let's start cutting that. there are many things we can cut. but...
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all she did was " a harry reid. -- was quote harry reid. there is a lot of laziness in terms of investigative journalism. when you get a question like that you need to know what lies in what does not apply, not just what harry reid thinks about it. i am not picking on one individual because i see that edgar across the country. host: just to give us of context, the story was from politico and it was a back-and- forth between some legislators who are arguing over what could happen with obama care. we saw political report on this and we saw some push back from legislators after that. let us give a response from our guest is see if you have any follow-up. we do our best but this is important. not weird trying to do or not trying to do. it is with the story is here. is there a difference between the tennis table match of what happens in the washington and a longer format pieces that journalists want to be able to do? >> there are different types of stores that need be done. i had a caller earlier say it the tea party wants to spend money. these
all she did was " a harry reid. -- was quote harry reid. there is a lot of laziness in terms of investigative journalism. when you get a question like that you need to know what lies in what does not apply, not just what harry reid thinks about it. i am not picking on one individual because i see that edgar across the country. host: just to give us of context, the story was from politico and it was a back-and- forth between some legislators who are arguing over what could happen with obama...
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a ban on weapons, according to a wreak -- and aid from harry reid. the president of the nra appeared on "fox news sunday," talking not only about the president's picture the surface recently shooting skeet, but gun-control matters. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> it is the same thing from the campaign -- they cover the country with messages like obama is not going to take your guns, but now he is trying to take away your guns. have you looked at the feinstein bill? that is exactly what he has done. i think of what they will do is turn this universal check on the law-abiding into a universal registry of law-abiding people, law abiding people do not want that. >> forgive me, sir, you take something that is here and say that it will go all the way over there. there is no indication. i can understand that you are saying that that is the threat, but nothing from the -- but nothing from the administration indicates that. >> obama care was not a tax until they needed to be a tax. >> that was the supreme court. host: weighing in on the conversati
a ban on weapons, according to a wreak -- and aid from harry reid. the president of the nra appeared on "fox news sunday," talking not only about the president's picture the surface recently shooting skeet, but gun-control matters. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> it is the same thing from the campaign -- they cover the country with messages like obama is not going to take your guns, but now he is trying to take away your guns. have you looked at the feinstein bill?...
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senator harry reid has a son in law who has lobbied since 1999. guest: a lobbyist related to a senator cannot lobby in the senate unless the relationship was established more than two years before the senator took office. and the person was a lobbyist before that time as well. there are pretty strict rules. you cannot talk to the one you are related to. in the house, the rules are different. you can talk to any member of the house except the one you are related to. host: does that mean if you cannot talk to members of the senate, can you still talk to the house and the white house? guest: absolutely. there's no rule about talking to other agencies. host: sarah bryner, research director at the core center for responsive politics, they keep coming in this morning. opensecrets.org. next, mental homeless in the united states and a closer look at the mental health care system. first, a news update from c- span paul radio. >> in a preview of tonight's state of the union, the associated press as saying that president obama will announce 34,000 u.s. troop
senator harry reid has a son in law who has lobbied since 1999. guest: a lobbyist related to a senator cannot lobby in the senate unless the relationship was established more than two years before the senator took office. and the person was a lobbyist before that time as well. there are pretty strict rules. you cannot talk to the one you are related to. in the house, the rules are different. you can talk to any member of the house except the one you are related to. host: does that mean if you...
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. >> senatorom this harry reid didn't interview with a local center in nevada. he said there be no grand bargain at this point. the chairman of the house budget committee gave last week the view that both sides are looking at a narrower agreement to hash out top line spending levels, to fund the government through the end of september of 2014 and not a whole lot else, at least in this round. to my view deal, but it is not going to be a deal that is going .o do much for us, really realistically speaking, now that they're finally coming together they can tackle a smaller bargain and fund the until the end of september. you can have an appropriation shall process to refund the government until the end of the . the grand bargain talk would take farmer concessions, far more dragged out fiery debate. at this point we have artie has a much fighting in congress. host: both guests with us here until 8:30 to talk with us about these issues. >> guest: it is so tense around here and so hostile on there is fighting the government was still closed. we almost defaulted on a de
. >> senatorom this harry reid didn't interview with a local center in nevada. he said there be no grand bargain at this point. the chairman of the house budget committee gave last week the view that both sides are looking at a narrower agreement to hash out top line spending levels, to fund the government through the end of september of 2014 and not a whole lot else, at least in this round. to my view deal, but it is not going to be a deal that is going .o do much for us, really...
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this back could get five years in prison and harry reid will not get anything out of it. this stuff has got to stop. that is the only white -- the news are going have to stand behind what the people want, not with the politicians or hollywood once. that is the way a used to be and that is the only way they're going to get any credibility back from anything they do now. guest: there are a number of politicians and members of congress to either came into congress with money or have made money since they have been in congress, but their salaries are standard. they are not making money off of government dollars -- government dollars per not cutting into them. the caller brings up a lot of problems but congress has, people are not having confidence in their ethics or other things. that is something that is working against them. they won support from their constituents, support and the legislation they are doing. until they can restore some more credibility, it is difficult for them to operate back, as well. and our guester, comment on the obama administration is unprecedented
this back could get five years in prison and harry reid will not get anything out of it. this stuff has got to stop. that is the only white -- the news are going have to stand behind what the people want, not with the politicians or hollywood once. that is the way a used to be and that is the only way they're going to get any credibility back from anything they do now. guest: there are a number of politicians and members of congress to either came into congress with money or have made money...
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reid's desk or the president's desk and say this is our position. what's your position? let's work it out. caller: good morning. first off i would just like to say that i never hear any moderation from the republican party. and i think they do that because if they showed any moderation they wouldn't get reelect bid the conservatives in this country. they wouldn't have their support. and that's all this is all about is the social conservatives trying to change what's legal now. basically abortion. what's not legal, gay rights. you know. they're completely -- forget and realize that the mid until this country wants us to be a little more progressive. why won't you all speak out and take those issues off the platform, the abortion issues and gay rights, take that off your platform and show some moderation? don't be so extreme in your point of view on the right. and then maybe the left will give in just a little bit also and we can all live in the middle again. because that's what we need. host: thanks for call. guest: that is a great call. i have to di
reid's desk or the president's desk and say this is our position. what's your position? let's work it out. caller: good morning. first off i would just like to say that i never hear any moderation from the republican party. and i think they do that because if they showed any moderation they wouldn't get reelect bid the conservatives in this country. they wouldn't have their support. and that's all this is all about is the social conservatives trying to change what's legal now. basically...
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is trying to kill the legislation before it makes its way to the floor but senator majority leader harry reid saying despite not having the votes yet it is still coming to the floor and it will be up the republicans do decide whether or not they vote for it. that, a story about the irs. another up in capitol hill yesterday. if you were tuned in before we started "washington journal" this morning use all the hearing. if you missed it yesterday or this morning, go to our website www.c-span.org and you can find it there. spent 4.1 million on california junket. this news comes out before the hearing. host: here is alabama tea party president who testified yesterday. she gets emotional about the process for applying for the tax-exempt status and what her group had to go through. [video clip] patriotic americans did we peacefully assemble. we petition our government. we exercise the right to free speech and we do not understand why the government tried to stop us. or anot here as a serf vassal or begging my lord for her seat. i am a born free american woman -- wife, mother and citizen, and i a
is trying to kill the legislation before it makes its way to the floor but senator majority leader harry reid saying despite not having the votes yet it is still coming to the floor and it will be up the republicans do decide whether or not they vote for it. that, a story about the irs. another up in capitol hill yesterday. if you were tuned in before we started "washington journal" this morning use all the hearing. if you missed it yesterday or this morning, go to our website...
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host: this is how senate majority leader harry lead -- reid put it on thursday. [video clip] >> we are going to have to vote on the manchin-toomey ammend ment. we are going to have to have a on the assault weapons ban. some people love it, some people hate it. we are also going to have a vote on the size of clips of magazines. votes of all make sure we are going to have to do. we should have amendments. if people think the present law is two-week, we can change that. if people think it is too strong, we can have amendments to change that. we cannot have a few senators supporting everything for everyone here. this is the time where we should lay down amendments and see if we can pass something. we would like to think that all eyes will be on c-span this week.an2 he really broke down what the main votes will be. what is the president looking for? guest: the white house wants to see them vote. they want to have these issues on the record. you want to have lawmakers have the chance to say, we are for this or we are against this. then also to have the vindication for
host: this is how senate majority leader harry lead -- reid put it on thursday. [video clip] >> we are going to have to vote on the manchin-toomey ammend ment. we are going to have to have a on the assault weapons ban. some people love it, some people hate it. we are also going to have a vote on the size of clips of magazines. votes of all make sure we are going to have to do. we should have amendments. if people think the present law is two-week, we can change that. if people think it is...
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finally, the president needs to meet with harry reid. host: ok. we understand the senate budget committee will be working on the budget for the first time in a while this week in open session. look for coverage as the week goes on. the senate on the floor will take up their continuing resolution for the rest of this year. the house passed a version this past week. a busy week on the hill, including several visits by the president, who will meet with republicans on each side of the hill as well. edward christian rites -- b from richard,ear columbia, south carolina. -- host: let's hear from richard, columbia, south carolina. caller to a good morning. everyone talking about being receptive to the democrats or republicans, they complain when they try to do it. they should lay it up and sit down at a roundtable. that is what he made a round table for. work it out for the people. the rich people are going to be rich. we have got record profits in business. the stock market is getting rich and you all are trying to take money from poor people? it does no
finally, the president needs to meet with harry reid. host: ok. we understand the senate budget committee will be working on the budget for the first time in a while this week in open session. look for coverage as the week goes on. the senate on the floor will take up their continuing resolution for the rest of this year. the house passed a version this past week. a busy week on the hill, including several visits by the president, who will meet with republicans on each side of the hill as well....
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it is because she is a democrat and she would vote for harry reid instead of mitch mcconnell. she would support fixing the president's health care program and not repealing it. mitch mcconnell did the right thing last week, i hope it does not hurt him way democrats as this. he should be praised for that. thet: it did undercut central premise of the campaign. opponent's she has been calling him dr. gridlock, saying he is responsible for the dysfunction in washington. he has been a conservative leader and prevented our country from going over the cliff. host: we will continue to watch the kentucky race in 2014. glen cove, new york, republican line. caller: good morning. y for taking my call. -- thank you. mr. walsh said something about no leverage. the republicans had the leverage in the negotiations by just shutting down the government. that was the leverage. you could have rub their nose in it, made them look like a problem with the debt. they have got to cut the spending, create the jobs, get people back to work. that was the leverage. i do not know. these are ideally people.
it is because she is a democrat and she would vote for harry reid instead of mitch mcconnell. she would support fixing the president's health care program and not repealing it. mitch mcconnell did the right thing last week, i hope it does not hurt him way democrats as this. he should be praised for that. thet: it did undercut central premise of the campaign. opponent's she has been calling him dr. gridlock, saying he is responsible for the dysfunction in washington. he has been a conservative...
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senate majority leader harry reid said he anticipates a full senate vote on the confirmation of john kerry to be the next secretary of state. the foreign relations committee is set to confirm the nomination and send it on to the full senate. large senate coverage to get that 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span -- coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span2. >> one cannot count the times that american say we are the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. of all the countries in the world, everybody think they are pretty good. why do we have to believe we are the best? what does that mean why do we have -- mean, and why do we have to assert it all of the time? what does it mean to other people that consume it? american products go around the world -- information products go around the world, serving people in every corner of the world. we teach them not to like us, gratuitously. >> author, and -- activist and transafrica founder, randall robinson taking your calls and tweets sunday at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> "washington journal " conti
senate majority leader harry reid said he anticipates a full senate vote on the confirmation of john kerry to be the next secretary of state. the foreign relations committee is set to confirm the nomination and send it on to the full senate. large senate coverage to get that 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span -- coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span2. >> one cannot count the times that american say we are the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to...
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reid, they, harry did everything behind closed doors and they pushed this thing through because they had the house. they passed it without even a republican voting for it or putting a recommendation on the table for it. this thing is going to self- destruct because they are not going to get the 7 million young people to sign up for this thing to keep it going. host: george, thanks for the call. -- fromsting calls of republicans supporting the affordable care act. guest: some people are going to experience immediate benefits and some will have to pay more for coverage. if they were young and healthy, they were one of the beneficiaries. they will see advantages and disadvantages. on the politics, let me be clear. the romney administration did an excellent job here in massachusetts beginning the implementation of health reform in 2006 and the waning year of their administration. the gentleman from west virginia is absolutely right. governor romney's aides were involved. the secretary of health and human services was extremely involved. hisd not mean to suggest administration was absent.
reid, they, harry did everything behind closed doors and they pushed this thing through because they had the house. they passed it without even a republican voting for it or putting a recommendation on the table for it. this thing is going to self- destruct because they are not going to get the 7 million young people to sign up for this thing to keep it going. host: george, thanks for the call. -- fromsting calls of republicans supporting the affordable care act. guest: some people are going to...
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lawmakers, including senator rande paul of kentucky have written to harry reid vowing they would propose the motion to -- they would oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as hicle -- it will go to programs like mental health and victims services. we're seeing this story in "u.s.a. today," looking at what some states are making motions to do, or what members of state legislators are looking at. here's that head line. let's go to drew in leaseburg, georgia on our independent line. caller: i just wanted to say that you're a lovely vision every morning and you do an extraordinary job handling calls. host: that's very nice. what do you think about this? caller: it is a lie, a farce, completely unconstitutional and never addresses the serious mental health issues. the lie is that we will trust our government to do what they say they're going to do with the tax. that's why we have a second amendment, that's why the wording was put in so there will not be an infringement on the right to keep and bear arms. the people who are impacted by the tax are 90% law-abiding citiz
lawmakers, including senator rande paul of kentucky have written to harry reid vowing they would propose the motion to -- they would oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as hicle -- it will go to programs like mental health and victims services. we're seeing this story in "u.s.a. today," looking at what some states are making motions to do, or what members of state legislators are looking at. here's that head line. let's go to drew in leaseburg, georgia on...